Dier el Banat Yields Ptolemaic Mummies

A cemetery in Egypt long thought to have been completely looted has recently turned up a number of mummies including one lady who is completely intact with her mask and cartonnages.

This is the only intact mummy to have ever been found at this ancient destroyed cemetery

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/01/080130-egypt-mummies.html

These photos are a must see:

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/01/photogalleries/fayoum-pictures/index.html

Bathhouse Found

New discovery at Karnak of a Ptolemaic bathhouse.

http://touregypt.net/teblog/luxornews/?p=704

Looking for KV 64

Dr. Zahi Hawass is finally taking the Amarna Royal Tombs Project seriously and has started an investigation into an anomaly found years ago in the Valley of the Kings.

The anomaly was actually discovered in 2000 but due to false allegations that the project director was smuggling antiquities it was never investigated and in 2005 the director was cleared of the allegations but the project was not allowed to resume their work.

http://touregypt.net/teblog/luxornews/?p=700

http://www.archaeology.org/online/interviews/reeves.html

Amarna from a Balloon

A fine article about the heretic king's capital with 2 fine videos to watch.

I have thought for many years that living in his time would have been brutal on the people with only the courtiers and the royal family living the good life.

The king's touchy-feely propaganda may be the exact opposite of the truth.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7209472.stm